Monthly Archives: August 2007
Microsoft Licenses Its Audio Watermarking Tools to Activated Content
Microsoft is licensing the audio watermarking technology developed in its research labs to Activated Content, a digital technology and application services company.
Microsofts audio watermarking...
Are Open-Source Databases Ready for Production Applications?
Q: Are open-source databases like PostgreSQL, Ingres and MySQL becoming serious alternatives to Oracle for enterprise applications?A: Yes, more and more, depending on the...
What Applications Are Quad-Core Chips Good For?
Q: What kinds of applications will benefit the most from the Intel and AMD quad-core chips?A: Certainly databases like Oracle 10g and Microsoft SQL...
Google Ponders Spectrum Auction Options
Google officials are still considering their position on bidding for licenses for the 700 MHz spectrum, which is not scheduled until Jan. 28. The...
Can Large Commercial Web Sites Be Run on Free Linux?
Q: Is it safe for a large commercial Web site to run its servers on a Red Hat clone instead of the real thing?A:...
Salesforce.com Earnings Beat Estimates
Salesforce.com reported on Aug. 15 that it added a record number of customers and beat consensus estimates of total revenues and earnings per share...
What Is the Difference Between Data Deduplication, File Deduplication, and Data Compression?
Q: Can you explain the differences between compression, file deduplication and data deduplication?A: All of these products fit into an overall market and technical...
Vista Kernel Dogged by Bad Drivers
First there was Atsiv, the kernel driver that served as a welcome mat for unsigned and potentially malicious drivers to load into Vista and...
Worst Data Breaches Ever
Worst Data Breaches Ever
The last few years have seen a slew of data breaches-all bad, but some worse than others. In the spirit of...
The Meaning Of TJXs $168 Million Data Breach Cost
With all the numbers that TJX Companies issued in its Aug. 14 earnings statement, the one that has generated the most attention was an...